| slovo | definícia |
march
(mass) | march
- pochod |
march
(mass) | March
- marec |
march
(encz) | march,demonstrace n: Zdeněk Brož |
march
(encz) | march,demonstrovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
march
(encz) | march,hranice n: Zdeněk Brož |
march
(encz) | march,hraničit v: Zdeněk Brož |
march
(encz) | march,kráčet v: Zdeněk Brož |
march
(encz) | march,pochod n: Zdeněk Brož |
march
(encz) | march,pochodovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
march
(encz) | march,tažení n: Zdeněk Brož |
march
(encz) | March,březen |
march
(encz) | March,March n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
march
(czen) | March,Marchn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
March
(gcide) | March \March\ (m[aum]rch), n. [L. Martius mensis Mars'month fr.
Martius belonging to Mars, the god of war: cf. F. mars. Cf.
Martial.]
The third month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
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The stormy March is come at last,
With wind, and cloud, and changing skies. --Bryant.
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As mad as a March Hare, an old English Saying derived from
the fact that March is the rutting time of hares, when
they are excitable and violent. --Wright.
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March
(gcide) | March \March\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Marched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Marching.] [F. marcher, in OF. also, to tread, prob. fr. L.
marcus hammer. Cf. Mortar.]
1. To move with regular steps, as a soldier; to walk in a
grave, deliberate, or stately manner; to advance steadily.
--Shak.
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2. To proceed by walking in a body or in military order; as,
the German army marched into France.
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March
(gcide) | March \March\, n. [OE. marche, F. marche; of German origin; cf.
OHG. marcha, G. mark, akin to OS. marka, AS. mearc, Goth.
marka, L. margo edge, border, margin, and possibly to E. mark
a sign. [root]106. Cf. Margin, Margrave, Marque,
Marquis.]
A territorial border or frontier; a region adjacent to a
boundary line; a confine; -- used chiefly in the plural, and
in English history applied especially to the border land on
the frontiers between England and Scotland, and England and
Wales.
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Geneva is situated in the marches of several dominions
-- France, Savoy, and Switzerland. --Fuller.
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Lords of waste marches, kings of desolate isles.
--Tennyson.
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March
(gcide) | March \March\, v. t.
To cause to move with regular steps in the manner of a
soldier; to cause to move in military array, or in a body, as
troops; to cause to advance in a steady, regular, or stately
manner; to cause to go by peremptory command, or by force.
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March them again in fair array. --Prior.
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March
(gcide) | March \March\, n. [F. marche.]
1. The act of marching; a movement of soldiers from one
stopping place to another; military progress; advance of
troops.
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These troops came to the army harassed with a long
and wearisome march. --Bacon.
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2. Hence: Measured and regular advance or movement, like that
of soldiers moving in order; stately or deliberate walk;
steady onward movement; as, the march of time.
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With solemn march
Goes slow and stately by them. --Shak.
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This happens merely because men will not bide their
time, but will insist on precipitating the march of
affairs. --Buckle.
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3. The distance passed over in marching; as, an hour's march;
a march of twenty miles.
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4. A piece of music designed or fitted to accompany and guide
the movement of troops; a piece of music in the march
form.
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The drums presently striking up a march. --Knolles.
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To make a march, (Card Playing), to take all the tricks of
a hand, in the game of euchre.
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March
(gcide) | March \March\, v. i. [Cf. OF. marchir. See 2d March.]
To border; to be contiguous; to lie side by side. [Obs.]
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That was in a strange land
Which marcheth upon Chimerie. --Gower.
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To march with, to have the same boundary for a greater or
less distance; -- said of an estate.
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march
(wn) | March
n 1: the month following February and preceding April [syn:
March, Mar]
2: the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially
in a procession of some kind); "it was a long march"; "we
heard the sound of marching" [syn: march, marching]
3: a steady advance; "the march of science"; "the march of time"
4: a procession of people walking together; "the march went up
Fifth Avenue"
5: district consisting of the area on either side of a border or
boundary of a country or an area; "the Welsh marches between
England and Wales" [syn: borderland, border district,
march, marchland]
6: genre of music written for marching; "Sousa wrote the best
marches" [syn: marching music, march]
7: a degree granted for the successful completion of advanced
study of architecture [syn: Master of Architecture,
MArch]
v 1: march in a procession; "They processed into the dining
room" [syn: march, process]
2: force to march; "The Japanese marched their prisoners through
Manchuria"
3: walk fast, with regular or measured steps; walk with a
stride; "He marched into the classroom and announced the
exam"; "The soldiers marched across the border"
4: march in protest; take part in a demonstration; "Thousands
demonstrated against globalization during the meeting of the
most powerful economic nations in Seattle" [syn:
demonstrate, march]
5: walk ostentatiously; "She parades her new husband around
town" [syn: parade, exhibit, march]
6: cause to march or go at a marching pace; "They marched the
mules into the desert"
7: lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins
the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland" [syn: border,
adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against,
butt on] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
march
(mass) | march
- pochodMarch
- marec |
countermarch
(encz) | countermarch,pochod proti směru Zdeněk Brož |
dead march
(encz) | dead march, n: |
demarche
(encz) | demarche, n: |
frogmarch
(encz) | frogmarch, v: |
frogmarched
(encz) | frogmarched, |
funeral march
(encz) | funeral march, n: |
hunger march
(encz) | hunger march, n: |
hunger marcher
(encz) | hunger marcher, n: |
line of march
(encz) | line of march, n: |
march
(encz) | march,demonstrace n: Zdeněk Brožmarch,demonstrovat v: Zdeněk Brožmarch,hranice n: Zdeněk Brožmarch,hraničit v: Zdeněk Brožmarch,kráčet v: Zdeněk Brožmarch,pochod n: Zdeněk Brožmarch,pochodovat v: Zdeněk Brožmarch,tažení n: Zdeněk BrožMarch,březen March,March n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
march on
(encz) | march on, v: |
march out
(encz) | march out, v: |
march past
(encz) | march past,defilovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
marchand de vin
(encz) | marchand de vin, n: |
marche
(encz) | Marche, |
marched
(encz) | marched,pochodoval v: Zdeněk Brož |
marched upon
(encz) | marched upon, adj: |
marcher
(encz) | marcher,pochodující osoba n: Zdeněk Brož |
marches
(encz) | marches,pochody pl. Zdeněk Brož |
marching
(encz) | marching,pochod n: Zdeněk Brožmarching,pochodování n: Zdeněk Brožmarching,pochodující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
marching band
(encz) | marching band,pochodující skupina n: Zdeněk Brož |
marching music
(encz) | marching music,pochodová hudba n: Milan Svoboda |
marching order
(encz) | marching order,pochodová výstroj Zdeněk Brož |
marching orders
(encz) | marching orders,rozkazy Zdeněk Brož |
marchioness
(encz) | marchioness,markýza n: Zdeněk Brož |
marchland
(encz) | marchland, n: |
marchpane
(encz) | marchpane,marcipán n: Zdeněk Brož |
mid-march
(encz) | mid-March, n: |
military march
(encz) | military march, n: |
order marchantiales
(encz) | order Marchantiales, n: |
outmarch
(encz) | outmarch, v: |
peace march
(encz) | peace march, n: |
processional march
(encz) | processional march, n: |
protest march
(encz) | protest march, n: |
quick march
(encz) | quick march, n: |
recessional march
(encz) | recessional march, n: |
routemarch
(encz) | routemarch, n: |
steal a march on
(encz) | steal a march on,vypalovat někomu rybník |
wedding march
(encz) | wedding march, n: |
march
(czen) | March,Marchn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
As mad as a March Hare
(gcide) | March \March\ (m[aum]rch), n. [L. Martius mensis Mars'month fr.
Martius belonging to Mars, the god of war: cf. F. mars. Cf.
Martial.]
The third month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
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The stormy March is come at last,
With wind, and cloud, and changing skies. --Bryant.
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As mad as a March Hare, an old English Saying derived from
the fact that March is the rutting time of hares, when
they are excitable and violent. --Wright.
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Countermarch
(gcide) | Countermarch \Coun`ter*march"\ (koun`t?r-m?rch"), v. i. [imp. &
p. p. Countermarched (-m?rcht"); p. pr. & vb. n.
Countermarching.] (Mil.)
To march back, or to march in reversed order.
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The two armies marched and countermarched, drew near
and receded. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]Countermarch \Coun"ter*march`\ (koun"t?r-m?rch`), n.
1. A marching back; retrocession.
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2. (Mil.) An evolution by which a body of troops change front
or reverse the direction of march while retaining the same
men in the front rank; also, a movement by which the rear
rank becomes the front one, either with or without
changing the right to the left.
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3. A change of measures; alteration of conduct.
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Such countermarches and retractions as we do not
willingly impute to wisdom. --T. Burnet.
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Countermarched
(gcide) | Countermarch \Coun`ter*march"\ (koun`t?r-m?rch"), v. i. [imp. &
p. p. Countermarched (-m?rcht"); p. pr. & vb. n.
Countermarching.] (Mil.)
To march back, or to march in reversed order.
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The two armies marched and countermarched, drew near
and receded. --Macaulay.
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Countermarching
(gcide) | Countermarch \Coun`ter*march"\ (koun`t?r-m?rch"), v. i. [imp. &
p. p. Countermarched (-m?rcht"); p. pr. & vb. n.
Countermarching.] (Mil.)
To march back, or to march in reversed order.
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The two armies marched and countermarched, drew near
and receded. --Macaulay.
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Demarch
(gcide) | Demarch \De*march\ (d[=e]"m[aum]rk), n. [Gr. dh`marchos; dh^mos
people + 'a`rchein to rule.]
A chief or ruler of a deme or district in Greece.
[1913 Webster]Demarch \De*march"\, n. [F. d['e]marche. See March, n.]
March; walk; gait. [Obs.]
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Dismarch
(gcide) | Dismarch \Dis*march"\, v. i.
To march away. [Obs.]
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File marching
(gcide) | File \File\ (f[imac]l), n. [F. file row (cf. Pr., Sp., Pg., &
It. fila), LL. fila, fr. L. filum a thread. Cf. Enfilade,
Filament, Fillet.]
1. An orderly succession; a line; a row; as:
(a)
(Mil.) A row of soldiers ranged one behind another; -- in
contradistinction to rank, which designates a row
of soldiers standing abreast; a number consisting
the depth of a body of troops, which, in the
ordinary modern formation, consists of two men, the
battalion standing two deep, or in two ranks.
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Note: The number of files in a company describes its width,
as the number of ranks does its depth; thus, 100 men in
"fours deep" would be spoken of as 25 files in 4 ranks.
--Farrow.
(b) An orderly collection of papers, arranged in sequence
or classified for preservation and reference; as,
files of letters or of newspapers; this mail brings
English files to the 15th instant.
(c) The line, wire, or other contrivance, by which papers
are put and kept in order.
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It is upon a file with the duke's other letters.
--Shak.
(d) A roll or list. "A file of all the gentry." --Shak.
2. Course of thought; thread of narration. [Obs.]
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Let me resume the file of my narration. --Sir H.
Wotton.
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3. (computers) a collection of data on a digital recording
medium treated as a unit for the purpose of recording,
reading, storage, or indexing; -- such a file is typically
accessible by computer programs by the use of a file name.
The data may be of any type codable digitally, such as
simple ASCII-coded text, complex binary-coded data, or an
executable program, or may be itself a collection of other
files.
[PJC]
File firing, the act of firing by file, or each file
independently of others.
File leader, the soldier at the front of any file, who
covers and leads those in rear of him.
File marching, the marching of a line two deep, when faced
to the right or left, so that the front and rear rank
march side by side. --Brande & C.
Indian file, or Single file, a line of people marching
one behind another; a single row. Also used adverbially;
as, to march Indian file.
On file, preserved in an orderly collection; recorded in
some database.
Rank and file.
(a) The body of soldiers constituting the mass of an army,
including corporals and privates. --Wilhelm.
(b) Those who constitute the bulk or working members of a
party, society, etc., in distinction from the leaders.
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Flank march
(gcide) | Flank \Flank\ (fl[a^][ng]k), n. [F. flanc, prob. fr. L. flaccus
flabby, with n inserted. Cf. Flaccid, Flanch, Flange.]
1. The fleshy or muscular part of the side of an animal,
between the ribs and the hip. See Illust. of Beef.
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2. (Mil.)
(a) The side of an army, or of any division of an army, as
of a brigade, regiment, or battalion; the extreme
right or left; as, to attack an enemy in flank is to
attack him on the side.
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When to right and left the front
Divided, and to either flank retired. --Milton.
(b) (Fort.) That part of a bastion which reaches from the
curtain to the face, and defends the curtain, the
flank and face of the opposite bastion; any part of a
work defending another by a fire along the outside of
its parapet. See Illust. of Bastion.
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3. (Arch.) The side of any building. --Brands.
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4. That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that
lies within the pitch line.
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Flank attack (Mil.), an attack upon the side of an army or
body of troops, distinguished from one upon its front or
rear.
Flank company (Mil.), a certain number of troops drawn up
on the right or left of a battalion; usually grenadiers,
light infantry, or riflemen.
Flank defense (Fort.), protection of a work against undue
exposure to an enemy's direct fire, by means of the fire
from other works, sweeping the ground in its front.
Flank en potence (Mil.), any part of the right or left wing
formed at a projecting angle with the line.
Flank files, the first men on the right, and the last on
the left, of a company, battalion, etc.
Flank march, a march made parallel or obliquely to an
enemy's position, in order to turn it or to attack him on
the flank.
Flank movement, a change of march by an army, or portion of
one, in order to turn one or both wings of the enemy, or
to take up a new position.
Flanks of a frontier, salient points in a national
boundary, strengthened to protect the frontier against
hostile incursion.
Flank patrol, detachments acting independently of the
column of an army, but patrolling along its flanks, to
secure it against surprise and to observe the movements of
the enemy.
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Forced march
(gcide) | Forced \Forced\, a.
Done or produced with force or great labor, or by
extraordinary exertion; hurried; strained; produced by
unnatural effort or pressure; as, a forced style; a forced
laugh.
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Forced draught. See under Draught.
Forced march (Mil.), a march of one or more days made with
all possible speed. -- For"ced*ly, adv. --
For"ced*ness, n.
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frogmarch
(gcide) | frogmarch \frogmarch\ v.
1. to march a person against his will by any method.
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2. to carry someone against his will upside down such that
each limb is held by one person.
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In marching order
(gcide) | Marching \March"ing\,
a. & n., fr. March, v.
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Marching money (Mil.), the additional pay of officer or
soldier when his regiment is marching.
In marching order (Mil.), equipped for a march.
Marching regiment. (Mil.)
(a) A regiment in active service.
(b) In England, a regiment liable to be ordered into other
quarters, at home or abroad; a regiment of the line.
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Line of march
(gcide) | Line \Line\, n. [OE. line, AS. l[imac]ne cable, hawser, prob.
from L. linea a linen thread, string, line, fr. linum flax,
thread, linen, cable; but the English word was influenced by
F. ligne line, from the same L. word linea. See Linen.]
1. A linen thread or string; a slender, strong cord; also, a
cord of any thickness; a rope; a hawser; as, a fishing
line; a line for snaring birds; a clothesline; a towline.
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Who so layeth lines for to latch fowls. --Piers
Plowman.
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2. A more or less threadlike mark of pen, pencil, or graver;
any long mark; as, a chalk line.
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3. The course followed by anything in motion; hence, a road
or route; as, the arrow descended in a curved line; the
place is remote from lines of travel.
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4. Direction; as, the line of sight or vision.
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5. A row of letters, words, etc., written or printed; esp., a
row of words extending across a page or column.
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6. A short letter; a note; as, a line from a friend.
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7. (Poet.) A verse, or the words which form a certain number
of feet, according to the measure.
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In the preceding line Ulysses speaks of Nausicaa.
--Broome.
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8. Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method
of argument; department of industry, trade, or
intellectual activity.
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He is uncommonly powerful in his own line, but it is
not the line of a first-rate man. --Coleridge.
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9. (Math.) That which has length, but not breadth or
thickness.
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10. The exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory;
boundary; contour; outline.
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Eden stretched her line
From Auran eastward to the royal towers
Of great Seleucia. --Milton.
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11. A threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence,
characteristic mark.
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Though on his brow were graven lines austere.
--Byron.
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He tipples palmistry, and dines
On all her fortune-telling lines. --Cleveland.
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12. Lineament; feature; figure. "The lines of my boy's face."
--Shak.
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13. A straight row; a continued series or rank; as, a line of
houses, or of soldiers; a line of barriers.
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Unite thy forces and attack their lines. --Dryden.
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14. A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a
given person; a family or race; as, the ascending or
descending line; the line of descent; the male line; a
line of kings.
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Of his lineage am I, and his offspring
By very line, as of the stock real. --Chaucer.
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15. A connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an
established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.;
as, a line of stages; an express line.
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16. (Geog.)
(a) A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented
on a map.
(b) The equator; -- usually called the line, or
equinoctial line; as, to cross the line.
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17. A long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked
with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a
tapeline.
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18. (Script.)
(a) A measuring line or cord.
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He marketh it out with a line. --Is. xliv.
13.
(b) That which was measured by a line, as a field or any
piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of
abode.
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The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant
places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. --Ps.
xvi. 6.
(c) Instruction; doctrine.
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Their line is gone out through all the earth.
--Ps. xix. 4.
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19. (Mach.) The proper relative position or adjustment of
parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference
to smooth working; as, the engine is in line or out of
line.
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20. The track and roadbed of a railway; railroad.
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21. (Mil.)
(a) A row of men who are abreast of one another, whether
side by side or some distance apart; -- opposed to
column.
(b) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished
from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry,
artillery, etc.
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22. (Fort.)
(a) A trench or rampart.
(b) pl. Dispositions made to cover extended positions,
and presenting a front in but one direction to an
enemy.
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23. pl. (Shipbuilding) Form of a vessel as shown by the
outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections.
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24. (Mus.) One of the straight horizontal and parallel
prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are
placed.
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25. (Stock Exchange) A number of shares taken by a jobber.
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26. (Trade) A series of various qualities and values of the
same general class of articles; as, a full line of
hosiery; a line of merinos, etc. --McElrath.
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27. The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another,
or the whole of a system of telegraph wires under one
management and name.
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28. pl. The reins with which a horse is guided by his driver.
[U. S.]
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29. A measure of length; one twelfth of an inch.
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Hard lines, hard lot. --C. Kingsley. [See Def. 18.]
Line breeding (Stockbreeding), breeding by a certain family
line of descent, especially in the selection of the dam or
mother.
Line conch (Zool.), a spiral marine shell ({Fasciolaria
distans}), of Florida and the West Indies. It is marked by
narrow, dark, revolving lines.
Line engraving.
(a) Engraving in which the effects are produced by lines
of different width and closeness, cut with the burin
upon copper or similar material; also, a plate so
engraved.
(b) A picture produced by printing from such an
engraving.
Line of battle.
(a) (Mil. Tactics) The position of troops drawn up in
their usual order without any determined maneuver.
(b) (Naval) The line or arrangement formed by vessels of
war in an engagement.
Line of battle ship. See Ship of the line, below.
Line of beauty (Fine Arts),an abstract line supposed to be
beautiful in itself and absolutely; -- differently
represented by different authors, often as a kind of
elongated S (like the one drawn by Hogarth).
Line of centers. (Mach.)
(a) A line joining two centers, or fulcra, as of wheels
or levers.
(b) A line which determines a dead center. See {Dead
center}, under Dead.
Line of dip (Geol.), a line in the plane of a stratum, or
part of a stratum, perpendicular to its intersection with
a horizontal plane; the line of greatest inclination of a
stratum to the horizon.
Line of fire (Mil.), the direction of fire.
Line of force (Physics), any line in a space in which
forces are acting, so drawn that at every point of the
line its tangent is the direction of the resultant of all
the forces. It cuts at right angles every equipotential
surface which it meets. Specifically (Magnetism), a line
in proximity to a magnet so drawn that any point in it is
tangential with the direction of a short compass needle
held at that point. --Faraday.
Line of life (Palmistry), a line on the inside of the hand,
curving about the base of the thumb, supposed to indicate,
by its form or position, the length of a person's life.
Line of lines. See Gunter's line.
Line of march. (Mil.)
(a) Arrangement of troops for marching.
(b) Course or direction taken by an army or body of
troops in marching.
Line of operations, that portion of a theater of war which
an army passes over in attaining its object. --H. W.
Halleck.
Line of sight (Firearms), the line which passes through the
front and rear sight, at any elevation, when they are
sighted at an object.
Line tub (Naut.), a tub in which the line carried by a
whaleboat is coiled.
Mason and Dixon's line, Mason-Dixon line, the boundary
line between Pennsylvania and Maryland, as run before the
Revolution (1764-1767) by two English astronomers named
Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon. In an extended sense,
the line between the free and the slave States; as, below
the Mason-Dixon line, i.e. in the South.
On the line,
(a) on a level with the eye of the spectator; -- said of
a picture, as hung in an exhibition of pictures.
(b) at risk (dependent upon success) in a contest or
enterprise; as, the survival of the company is on the
line in this project.
Right line, a straight line; the shortest line that can be
drawn between two points.
Ship of the line, formerly, a ship of war large enough to
have a place in the line of battle; a vessel superior to a
frigate; usually, a seventy-four, or three-decker; --
called also line of battle ship or battleship.
--Totten.
To cross the line, to cross the equator, as a vessel at
sea.
To give a person line, to allow him more or less liberty
until it is convenient to stop or check him, like a hooked
fish that swims away with the line.
Water line (Shipbuilding), the outline of a horizontal
section of a vessel, as when floating in the water.
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March
(gcide) | March \March\ (m[aum]rch), n. [L. Martius mensis Mars'month fr.
Martius belonging to Mars, the god of war: cf. F. mars. Cf.
Martial.]
The third month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
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The stormy March is come at last,
With wind, and cloud, and changing skies. --Bryant.
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As mad as a March Hare, an old English Saying derived from
the fact that March is the rutting time of hares, when
they are excitable and violent. --Wright.
[1913 Webster]March \March\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Marched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Marching.] [F. marcher, in OF. also, to tread, prob. fr. L.
marcus hammer. Cf. Mortar.]
1. To move with regular steps, as a soldier; to walk in a
grave, deliberate, or stately manner; to advance steadily.
--Shak.
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2. To proceed by walking in a body or in military order; as,
the German army marched into France.
[1913 Webster]March \March\, n. [OE. marche, F. marche; of German origin; cf.
OHG. marcha, G. mark, akin to OS. marka, AS. mearc, Goth.
marka, L. margo edge, border, margin, and possibly to E. mark
a sign. [root]106. Cf. Margin, Margrave, Marque,
Marquis.]
A territorial border or frontier; a region adjacent to a
boundary line; a confine; -- used chiefly in the plural, and
in English history applied especially to the border land on
the frontiers between England and Scotland, and England and
Wales.
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Geneva is situated in the marches of several dominions
-- France, Savoy, and Switzerland. --Fuller.
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Lords of waste marches, kings of desolate isles.
--Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]March \March\, v. t.
To cause to move with regular steps in the manner of a
soldier; to cause to move in military array, or in a body, as
troops; to cause to advance in a steady, regular, or stately
manner; to cause to go by peremptory command, or by force.
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March them again in fair array. --Prior.
[1913 Webster]March \March\, n. [F. marche.]
1. The act of marching; a movement of soldiers from one
stopping place to another; military progress; advance of
troops.
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These troops came to the army harassed with a long
and wearisome march. --Bacon.
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2. Hence: Measured and regular advance or movement, like that
of soldiers moving in order; stately or deliberate walk;
steady onward movement; as, the march of time.
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With solemn march
Goes slow and stately by them. --Shak.
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This happens merely because men will not bide their
time, but will insist on precipitating the march of
affairs. --Buckle.
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3. The distance passed over in marching; as, an hour's march;
a march of twenty miles.
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4. A piece of music designed or fitted to accompany and guide
the movement of troops; a piece of music in the march
form.
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The drums presently striking up a march. --Knolles.
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To make a march, (Card Playing), to take all the tricks of
a hand, in the game of euchre.
[1913 Webster]March \March\, v. i. [Cf. OF. marchir. See 2d March.]
To border; to be contiguous; to lie side by side. [Obs.]
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That was in a strange land
Which marcheth upon Chimerie. --Gower.
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To march with, to have the same boundary for a greater or
less distance; -- said of an estate.
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march equinox
(gcide) | march equinox \march equinox\ n.
The vernal equinox.
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March pennywort
(gcide) | Pennywort \Pen"ny*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
A European trailing herb (Linaria Cymbalaria) with
roundish, reniform leaves. It is often cultivated in hanging
baskets.
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March pennywort, or Water pennywort. (Bot.) See under
March.
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marchand de vin
(gcide) | marchand de vin \marchand de vin\ n. (Cookery)
A sauce consisting of brown sauce with mushrooms and red wine
or madeira.
Syn: mushroom wine sauce.
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Marchantia
(gcide) | Marchantia \Marchantia\ prop. n.
The type genus of Marchantiaceae; liverworts that reproduce
asexually by gemmae and have stalked antheridiophores.
Syn: genus Marchantia.
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Marchantia polymorpha
(gcide) | ground \ground\ (ground), n. [OE. ground, grund, AS. grund; akin
to D. grond, OS., G., Sw., & Dan. grund, Icel. grunnr bottom,
Goth. grundus (in composition); perh. orig. meaning, dust,
gravel, and if so perh. akin to E. grind.]
1. The surface of the earth; the outer crust of the globe, or
some indefinite portion of it.
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There was not a man to till the ground. --Gen. ii.
5.
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The fire ran along upon the ground. --Ex. ix. 23.
Hence: A floor or pavement supposed to rest upon the
earth.
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2. Any definite portion of the earth's surface; region;
territory; country. Hence: A territory appropriated to, or
resorted to, for a particular purpose; the field or place
of action; as, a hunting or fishing ground; a play ground.
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From . . . old Euphrates, to the brook that parts
Egypt from Syrian ground. --Milton.
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3. Land; estate; possession; field; esp. (pl.), the gardens,
lawns, fields, etc., belonging to a homestead; as, the
grounds of the estate are well kept.
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Thy next design is on thy neighbor's grounds.
--Dryden. 4.
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4. The basis on which anything rests; foundation. Hence: The
foundation of knowledge, belief, or conviction; a premise,
reason, or datum; ultimate or first principle; cause of
existence or occurrence; originating force or agency; as,
the ground of my hope.
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5. (Paint. & Decorative Art)
(a) That surface upon which the figures of a composition
are set, and which relieves them by its plainness,
being either of one tint or of tints but slightly
contrasted with one another; as, crimson Bowers on a
white ground. See Background, Foreground, and
Middle-ground.
(b) In sculpture, a flat surface upon which figures are
raised in relief.
(c) In point lace, the net of small meshes upon which the
embroidered pattern is applied; as, Brussels ground.
See Brussels lace, under Brussels.
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6. (Etching) A gummy composition spread over the surface of a
metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except
where an opening is made by the needle.
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7. (Arch.) One of the pieces of wood, flush with the
plastering, to which moldings, etc., are attached; --
usually in the plural.
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Note: Grounds are usually put up first and the plastering
floated flush with them.
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8. (Mus.)
(a) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few
bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to
a varying melody.
(b) The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.
--Moore (Encyc.).
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On that ground I'll build a holy descant.
--Shak.
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9. (Elec.) A conducting connection with the earth, whereby
the earth is made part of an electrical circuit.
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10. pl. Sediment at the bottom of liquors or liquids; dregs;
lees; feces; as, coffee grounds.
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11. The pit of a theater. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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Ground angling, angling with a weighted line without a
float.
Ground annual (Scots Law), an estate created in land by a
vassal who instead of selling his land outright reserves
an annual ground rent, which becomes a perpetual charge
upon the land.
Ground ash. (Bot.) See Groutweed.
Ground bailiff (Mining), a superintendent of mines.
--Simmonds.
Ground bait, bits of bread, boiled barley or worms, etc.,
thrown into the water to collect the fish, --Wallon.
Ground bass or Ground base (Mus.), fundamental base; a
fundamental base continually repeated to a varied melody.
Ground beetle (Zool.), one of numerous species of
carnivorous beetles of the family Carabid[ae], living
mostly in burrows or under stones, etc.
Ground chamber, a room on the ground floor.
Ground cherry. (Bot.)
(a) A genus (Physalis) of herbaceous plants having an
inflated calyx for a seed pod: esp., the strawberry
tomato (Physalis Alkekengi). See Alkekengl.
(b) A European shrub (Prunus Cham[ae]cerasus), with
small, very acid fruit.
Ground cuckoo. (Zool.) See Chaparral cock.
Ground cypress. (Bot.) See Lavender cotton.
Ground dove (Zool.), one of several small American pigeons
of the genus Columbigallina, esp. C. passerina of the
Southern United States, Mexico, etc. They live chiefly on
the ground.
Ground fish (Zool.), any fish which constantly lives on the
botton of the sea, as the sole, turbot, halibut.
Ground floor, the floor of a house most nearly on a level
with the ground; -- called also in America, but not in
England, the first floor.
Ground form (Gram.), the stem or basis of a word, to which
the other parts are added in declension or conjugation. It
is sometimes, but not always, the same as the root.
Ground furze (Bot.), a low slightly thorny, leguminous
shrub (Ononis arvensis) of Europe and Central Asia,; --
called also rest-harrow.
Ground game, hares, rabbits, etc., as distinguished from
winged game.
Ground hele (Bot.), a perennial herb ({Veronica
officinalis}) with small blue flowers, common in Europe
and America, formerly thought to have curative properties.
Ground of the heavens (Astron.), the surface of any part of
the celestial sphere upon which the stars may be regarded
as projected.
Ground hemlock (Bot.), the yew (Taxus baccata var.
Canadensisi) of eastern North America, distinguished from
that of Europe by its low, straggling stems.
Ground hog. (Zool.)
(a) The woodchuck or American marmot (Arctomys monax).
See Woodchuck.
(b) The aardvark.
Ground hold (Naut.), ground tackle. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Ground ice, ice formed at the bottom of a body of water
before it forms on the surface.
Ground ivy. (Bot.) A trailing plant; alehoof. See Gill.
Ground joist, a joist for a basement or ground floor; a.
sleeper.
Ground lark (Zool.), the European pipit. See Pipit.
Ground laurel (Bot.). See Trailing arbutus, under
Arbutus.
Ground line (Descriptive Geom.), the line of intersection
of the horizontal and vertical planes of projection.
Ground liverwort (Bot.), a flowerless plant with a broad
flat forking thallus and the fruit raised on peduncled and
radiated receptacles (Marchantia polymorpha).
Ground mail, in Scotland, the fee paid for interment in a
churchyard.
Ground mass (Geol.), the fine-grained or glassy base of a
rock, in which distinct crystals of its constituents are
embedded.
Ground parrakeet (Zool.), one of several Australian
parrakeets, of the genera Callipsittacus and
Geopsittacus, which live mainly upon the ground.
Ground pearl (Zool.), an insect of the family Coccid[ae]
(Margarodes formicarum), found in ants' nests in the
Bahamas, and having a shelly covering. They are strung
like beads, and made into necklaces by the natives.
Ground pig (Zool.), a large, burrowing, African rodent
(Aulacodus Swinderianus) about two feet long, allied to
the porcupines but with harsh, bristly hair, and no
spines; -- called also ground rat.
Ground pigeon (Zool.), one of numerous species of pigeons
which live largely upon the ground, as the tooth-billed
pigeon (Didunculus strigirostris), of the Samoan
Islands, and the crowned pigeon, or goura. See Goura,
and Ground dove (above).
Ground pine. (Bot.)
(a) A blue-flowered herb of the genus Ajuga ({A.
Cham[ae]pitys}), formerly included in the genus
Teucrium or germander, and named from its resinous
smell. --Sir J. Hill.
(b) A long, creeping, evergreen plant of the genus
Lycopodium (L. clavatum); -- called also {club
moss}.
(c) A tree-shaped evergreen plant about eight inches in
height, of the same genus (L. dendroideum) found in
moist, dark woods in the northern part of the United
States. --Gray.
Ground plan (Arch.), a plan of the ground floor of any
building, or of any floor, as distinguished from an
elevation or perpendicular section.
Ground plane, the horizontal plane of projection in
perspective drawing.
Ground plate.
(a) (Arch.) One of the chief pieces of framing of a
building; a timber laid horizontally on or near the
ground to support the uprights; a ground sill or
groundsel.
(b) (Railroads) A bed plate for sleepers or ties; a
mudsill.
(c) (Teleg.) A metallic plate buried in the earth to
conduct the electric current thereto. Connection to
the pipes of a gas or water main is usual in cities.
--Knight.
Ground plot, the ground upon which any structure is
erected; hence, any basis or foundation; also, a ground
plan.
Ground plum (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Astragalus
caryocarpus}) occurring from the Saskatchewan to Texas,
and having a succulent plum-shaped pod.
Ground rat. (Zool.) See Ground pig (above).
Ground rent, rent paid for the privilege of building on
another man's land.
Ground robin. (Zool.) See Chewink.
Ground room, a room on the ground floor; a lower room.
--Tatler.
Ground sea, the West Indian name for a swell of the ocean,
which occurs in calm weather and without obvious cause,
breaking on the shore in heavy roaring billows; -- called
also rollers, and in Jamaica, the North sea.
Ground sill. See Ground plate (a) (above).
Ground snake (Zool.), a small burrowing American snake
(Celuta am[oe]na). It is salmon colored, and has a blunt
tail.
Ground squirrel. (Zool.)
(a) One of numerous species of burrowing rodents of the
genera Tamias and Spermophilus, having cheek
pouches. The former genus includes the Eastern
striped squirrel or chipmunk and some allied Western
species; the latter includes the prairie squirrel or
striped gopher, the gray gopher, and many allied
Western species. See Chipmunk, and Gopher.
(b) Any species of the African genus Xerus, allied to
Tamias.
Ground story. Same as Ground floor (above).
Ground substance (Anat.), the intercellular substance, or
matrix, of tissues.
Ground swell.
(a) (Bot.) The plant groundsel. [Obs.] --Holland.
(b) A broad, deep swell or undulation of the ocean,
caused by a long continued gale, and felt even at a
remote distance after the gale has ceased.
Ground table. (Arch.) See Earth table, under Earth.
Ground tackle (Naut.), the tackle necessary to secure a
vessel at anchor. --Totten.
Ground thrush (Zool.), one of numerous species of
bright-colored Oriental birds of the family Pittid[ae].
See Pitta.
Ground tier.
(a) The lowest tier of water casks in a vessel's hold.
--Totten.
(b) The lowest line of articles of any kind stowed in a
vessel's hold.
(c) The lowest range of boxes in a theater.
Ground timbers (Shipbuilding) the timbers which lie on the
keel and are bolted to the keelson; floor timbers.
--Knight.
Ground tit. (Zool.) See Ground wren (below).
Ground wheel, that wheel of a harvester, mowing machine,
etc., which, rolling on the ground, drives the mechanism.
Ground wren (Zool.), a small California bird ({Cham[ae]a
fasciata}) allied to the wrens and titmice. It inhabits
the arid plains. Called also ground tit, and wren tit.
To bite the ground, To break ground. See under Bite,
Break.
To come to the ground, To fall to the ground, to come to
nothing; to fail; to miscarry.
To gain ground.
(a) To advance; to proceed forward in conflict; as, an
army in battle gains ground.
(b) To obtain an advantage; to have some success; as, the
army gains ground on the enemy.
(c) To gain credit; to become more prosperous or
influential.
To get ground, or To gather ground, to gain ground. [R.]
"Evening mist . . . gathers ground fast." --Milton.
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There is no way for duty to prevail, and get ground
of them, but by bidding higher. --South.
To give ground, to recede; to yield advantage.
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These nine . . . began to give me ground. --Shak.
To lose ground, to retire; to retreat; to withdraw from the
position taken; hence, to lose advantage; to lose credit
or reputation; to decline.
To stand one's ground, to stand firm; to resist attack or
encroachment. --Atterbury.
To take the ground to touch bottom or become stranded; --
said of a ship.
[1913 Webster]Liverwort \Liv"er*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
1. A ranunculaceous plant (Anemone Hepatica) with pretty
white or bluish flowers and a three-lobed leaf; -- called
also squirrel cups.
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2. A flowerless plant (Marchantia polymorpha), having an
irregularly lobed, spreading, and forking frond.
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Note: From this plant many others of the same order
(Hepatic[ae]) have been vaguely called liverworts,
esp. those of the tribe Marchantiace[ae]. See Illust.
of Hepatica.
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Marchantiaceae
(gcide) | Marchantiaceae \Marchantiaceae\ prop. n.
A natural family of liverworts with prostrate and usually
dichotomously branched thalli.
Syn: family Marchantiaceae.
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Marchantiales
(gcide) | Marchantiales \Marchantiales\ prop. n.
An oder of liverworts with gametophyte differentiated
internally.
Syn: order Marchantiales.
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